c-note

See also: c note

English

Alternative forms

• c note

Etymology

(banknote): From the Roman numeral C (“100”) (which was printed on it) + note. Attested from the 1920s.

Noun

c-note (plural c-notes)

1. (US, informal) A one-hundred dollar banknote.
   • 1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm:

     If he ran now, leaving Zygmunt to forfeit the hundred, he'd have to stay on the run. It would be the super's c-note Zygmunt had put up, he wouldn't be able to go back to work on Division Street till he'd squared that hundred.

2. (music) The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.

Synonyms

• ($100 banknote): Benjamin

See also

• d-note

References

• “C-note n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

• oncet, Ecton, Noteć, et con., Conté, netco, cteno-, conté, etcon, cento, Conte, et con, conte, tecno-